Incident Summary:

12/05/2008: On Friday, 27 people were killed and over 50 were wounded when a bomb, containing 25 to 30 kilograms of explosives, planted in a van exploded at the Kabari bazaar in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan. Nearby buildings and shops, including a mosque and a hotel, caught fire and their windows were blown out in the explosion. Over 50 vehicles were destroyed in the attack as well. The blast caused a natural gas pipeline to explode, which caused many of the buildings to catch on fire. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Overview

GTD ID:200812050006

When:2008-12-05

Country:Pakistan

Region:South Asia

Province/administrativeregion/u.s. state:North-West Frontier Province

City:Peshawar

Location Details:At the Kabari bazaar in Peshawar, North West Frontier, Pakistan.

The most recent available sources listed the fatalities for this attack from 18 to 27, and the injuries for this attack from 50 to 67, so the majority casualty figures have been used in order to preserve statistical accuracy in the database.